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A Republican attempt to speed a healthcare bill through committee was confronted by hundreds of demonstrators who lined Senate halls and interrupted the proceedings with chants for justice. Many were detained....
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Republican plan to defeat Obamacare looks doomed as Susan Collins says no to bill
- Maine senator calls bill ‘deeply flawed’ and says she will not vote for it
- Number of Americans with cover would be ‘reduced by millions’, CBO finds
The latest Republican bill to repeal Obamacare appears doomed to fail after a key senator came out strongly against it within minutes of an analysis which said the plan would strip health insurance from “millions” of Americans.
Moments after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a partial analysis of the Republicans’ plan, Maine Senator Susan Collins announced she would not vote for the bill, and called it “deeply flawed”.
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Ted Cruz joins Republicans ranged against Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill
Effort to replace ACA appears doomed as Cruz indicates Lee will follow him and Collins says it is ‘very difficult’ for her to envision voting for the bill
The Trump administration’s latest efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) appeared to be disintegrating over the weekend, as a growing number of Republican senators indicated they would vote against the so-called Graham-Cassidy bill.
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‘All hands on deck’: protesters to target healthcare bill at rallies across US
Hundreds prepare to gather in Washington and at dozens of other sites in coming days even as John McCain’s opposition threatens bill’s survival
Activist groups praised John McCain for his promise to vote no on the Lindsey Graham-Bill Cassidy healthcare bill on Friday, but they warned against complacency as they said the fight to protect the Affordable Care Act was “not over”.
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Senator John McCain said the latest Republican plan to dismantle Barack Obama’s healthcare law did not pass his test for “regular order” and he would be voting no, likely ruining the bill’s chances for passing.
McCain’s chance to do the right thing
I take no pleasure in announcing my opposition. Far from it. The bill’s authors are my dear friends and I think the world of them.
– Senator John McCain
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John McCain on healthcare: ‘Attempt at a strictly Republican bill cannot succeed’
The US senator has expressed his opposition to the latest Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act – here is his statement in full
- John McCain says he can’t vote for Republican plan to replace Obamacare
The US Senator John McCain of Arizona released the following statement today on healthcare reform:
As I have repeatedly stressed, healthcare reform legislation ought to be the product of regular order in the Senate. Committees of jurisdiction ...
John McCain says he can’t vote for Republican plan to replace Obamacare
Republican senator’s stance will make it increasingly difficult for party leaders to get the votes they need to eliminate the Affordable Care Act
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John McCain said on Friday he could not “in good conscience” vote for the latest Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), dealing a potentially fatal blow to the plan.
Related: Republicans' new health bill would hit women hardest, experts say
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Senate plans healthcare vote next week as Obama condemns repeal effort
Former president attacks ‘aggravating’ attempts to repeal Obamacare as Mitch McConnell prepares to bring Graham-Cassidy bill to floor
The US Senate plans to vote next week on Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it was confirmed on Wednesday, as Barack Obama castigated their “aggravating” multiple attempts to “undo that hard-won progress”.
Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, intends to hold a vote on what is being seen as a ...
Lindsey Graham: ‘I’ve never felt better’ about chances of Obamacare repeal
- Sponsor of last-gasp legislation bullish about Republican healthcare bill
- Republicans racing to secure 50 votes before 30 September deadline
The Republican sponsor of a last-gasp effort to tear down the Affordable Care Act said on Tuesday that he has “never felt better” about the chances of repealing the 2010 law.
The new bill, authored by senators Lindsey Graham – who expressed his optimism – and Bill Cassidy, comes as the White House and GOP leaders push for a showdown vote on the repeal package by the end of the month.
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The Guardian has established that the “eighth man” in the 2016 Trump tower meeting starring Donald Trump Jr had previously unknown ties to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and top Russian officials. The story begin...